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2008-03-07 Home Front: Politix

"Stop, children, what's that sound?" -- Moonbats threaten trouble in Denver

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Posted by Mike 2008-03-07 11:45|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Denver is gonna get real ugly around convention time. Remind me not to drive through it that week.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-07 12:36|| 2008-03-07 12:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I seem to remember there being plans for a '68 about a month ago when the d-race was still undecided.

So this is the politics of 'change and hope'? - I'm no b.o. fan but if I were in charge of his campaign I would be shaking my head in disgust about this nihilism.

Great inline, a song older than what the potential 'anarchists' will be. Sad, very sad.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-03-07 12:40|| 2008-03-07 12:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Too bad granny and gramps didn't have "transportation cell phones disposable income the Internet free time and Seattle" as their example. Like Abbie Hoffmann would've been, like, president, man! And we'd all have our own dope farms and, like, if we didn't, the government would, like, mail it to us, man. Like, that's all the government would exist for, man, to send us fresh primo dope!
Wow. Nice 60's wet dream, boys and girls.
What kinda rep do the Denver cops have for putting up with this shit?

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-07 12:59|| 2008-03-07 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The Denver cops are like Berkley's. Some surrounding cities are better than others... but Denver is a sanctuary city after all, so you can pretty much glean what will happen. The cops will stand off to the side and let things happen, until the protesters try to get in and disrupt their political masters. THEN they will break heads, but not until.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-07 13:19|| 2008-03-07 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 "transportation cell phones disposable income the Internet free time and Seattle"

Maybe not if their parents put their foot down.

(of course they won't)

Posted by Kelly 2008-03-07 13:38|| 2008-03-07 13:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I wish them a speedy healing from the wounds they will incur. Some of the National Guard here will be getting back from Iraq just before that, special forces troops. And some of them are Denver SWAT.

And if you think the Denver cops are gentle, need I remind you of their treatment of rowdy fans at the CU/CSU game a few years ago? Batons and CS. And lots of arrests.

This ain't Seattle. They want Chicago? They'll get Chicago. Or worse.

These little anarchists need some education in the self defense laws around here.

Like the "Home is my Castle" law - meaning folks living in downtown can use deadly force to defend themselves and their property.

And there is no legal requirement for "back to the wall".

I guess I'm finally getting my carry permit here in Colorado. Cannot use my Florida and Georgia and Utah ones any linger.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-03-07 13:54|| 2008-03-07 13:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I think they'll be disappointed if they don't get their skulls cracked. I had a few professors in college, and some other people I knew that were (or said they were) in Chicago in 68. They talked about it like it was friggin Omaha Beach...

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-07 14:02|| 2008-03-07 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 And if you think the Denver cops are gentle...

Every protest or rowdy behavior I have seen in Denver, the cops just hung off to the side and watched. Maybe it was orders not to actually do their job and police, maybe they are too PC.

I hope you are right OS. I would love to see the protesters slapped down when they turn to rioters, but I ain't holding my breath.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-07 15:10|| 2008-03-07 15:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Denver has done a great job re-building its city recently - Colfax is a lot different I am told than it was 10 years ago. I would guess/hope that anything outside of a "controlled burn" would be frowned upon - but of course it was up to the tax payers to spend the money on the extra police, right?

I think the DNC deal is a lot like the Olympics - everyone wants to host it until it shows up in town.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-03-07 18:40|| 2008-03-07 18:40|| Front Page Top

#10 slapped down or not, there could be no worse publicity for the democrats than a big fracas outside the convention center.

Posted by sdadf 2008-03-07 18:47|| 2008-03-07 18:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Crowd control techniques have come a long way since 9/11 kids, let alone 1968. Anarchy is a better story told than broadcast live in front of Shepard Smith.

Posted by Capsu78 2008-03-07 18:50|| 2008-03-07 18:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Bring it on!

Posted by JohnQC 2008-03-07 19:28|| 2008-03-07 19:28|| Front Page Top

#13 I hope the Denver cops do stand back and let the Clinton and Obama gangs beat the hell out of each other. I want to see some serious red-on-red violence done. It's like Hamas and Fatah killing each other; the only problem is that they never kill enough.

Every Clintonista or Obamanaut that gets offed in internecine warfare should be one less voter at the polls. Of course, knowing the Dem penchant for voting the cemeteries, it will probably mean only one less thug out there destroying Republican offices and property, not one less vote.

I hope they rip themselves apart to the point where it will take two generations to put them back together. If half of these lefty losers sit out the election, McCain's a done deal. And while that's not a great state of affairs by any means, it's a LOT better than the Dem alternative.

Posted by Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-03-07 19:36|| 2008-03-07 19:36|| Front Page Top

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